Quicksilver

The subject of this article is from the Desolation update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 22 September, 2020.

Quicksilver is an alternative form of currency in No Man's Sky.

Summary

Quicksilver is a tertiary currency in No Man's Sky besides Nanite Cluster, with units being the primary.

Sources

• 150 from a random pulse engine event causes ‘Stellar Ice‘ to spawn. Shoot the Stellar Ice and Quicksilver will pop-out
• 150 from The Space Anomaly mission when spoken to Nada. This is repeated multiple times throughout the story. The mission will auto-switch to The Space Anomaly at any point that this reward is possible.
• 250 from Daily quicksilver missions (these are the same as normal nexus missions, but award ). These stack up to 3 missions (3 days of gameplay missed).
• 1200 from a Weekend quicksilver mission (once a week).

Time-limited missions

The following missions are no longer available, but retained for historical purposes:

• • Community Research (week 1): 2,000 and 25 for every optional Hex Core
  • Community Research (week 2): 5,545
  • Community Research (week 3): 5,750
  • Community Research (week 4): 5,600
  • Community Research (week 5): 5,000
  • Community Research (week 6): 5,000
  • Community Research (week 7): 3,250
  • Community Research (week 8): 10,500
  • Daily Research missions during Community Research (mission 9): 10,500

Usage

Quicksilver can be spent at Quicksilver Synthesis Companion, who resides in the Space Anomaly.

A total of 125720 Quicksilver is needed to unlock all appearances, collectables & titles.

Release history

• NEXT 1.58 - Added as a currency.
• Beyond - Now it is possible to earn it through certain, not time-limited missions.
• NextGen - Missions are now limited to one per day, and earnings increased from 250 to 450
• Prisms - Earnings reduced back to 250